I hope this is not the death rattle for my beloved BoingBoing.
I will try out the free look with fingers crossed.
Will my bbs food site still work?
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Yay! You are here 
May I suggest:
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We are not going back.
Every time I am there, I think Iām going to feel some nostalgia for it; instead, Iām reminded why I left as soon as I had my own agency.
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Chat is going greatā¦
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Where? At the BB Substack/Nazi Bar?
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Yepā¦
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All the more glad I never signed up.
I suppose the owners are happy nonetheless, with new subscriptions from at least some of its supposed āmillionsā of viewers.
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At least mr. Frauenfelder is quite active there. Didnāt know he was tech supportā¦
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In my experience, few things excite a libertarian more than the prospect of making fat stacks (of money).
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I got an offer for the first month free if I subscribed to another of his blogs now apparently on Substack. Either Recommendo or Cool Tools.
I didnāt take the offer.
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I took the life time free offer because I didnāt want to loose you people. Then I got in here. I will keep it because I want to read the archives.
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Kinda curious, anyone have any info as to whats happening with boingboing?
Iām guessing they cratered the community, but i wonder how the main site fairs as a result?
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They moved the main site to SubStack and made the āclassic BBā site read-only. I went to check it out before coming here, and it was unusable for what (I think) most of us value, the community, the discussion, the comradery. Itās like a huge group test. No bueno. Have not been back.
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It alarms and saddens me how quickly it has dropped out of my daily routine, other than emails it was pretty much my first port of call every day.
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The page is still up with new stories being posted, but it goes to substack for commentsā¦ scroll to the bottom and youāll see the linkā¦ the couple of times Iāve looked, it seems like a ghost townā¦
https://boingboing.net/2024/11/05/we-strongly-recommend-you-vote-for-kamala-harris-today.html
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Iāve manually added this forum into my daily tab load, but removed BB.
Curious for how other people are managing 
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Same.
I certainly donāt miss all the rage-bait headlines, the crap authors, and the nasty comments. I was already missing a lot of The Good Stuff when they sprang substack on us, and Iām hardly what Iād call a veteran of the website.
Iām just relieved so many of us made it here.
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For me itās been a hard adjustment. I liked the variety of news/posts but yeah, without the community engagement I just donāt feel the need to keep up with it. If some folks want to use it still thatās good, I just donāt feel welcome anymore
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